Recently while reviewing the healthcare facilities across Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Secretary said that multiple steps should be taken to fill the gap. He advised for framing a roadmap to motivate the young professionals to serve in these far-off areas of the UT.
He asked for creating provisions to advance certain incentives like Non-Practising Allowance (NPA) to such medical professionals on the basis of the days they attend their duties in such remote areas.
He favoured providing them other amenities and benefits as additional motivating forces to serve in these areas. He urged them to look into establishment of telemedicine kiosks in these health facilities so that people can seek necessary health advice from the respective district hospitals or nearest medical colleges.
He enjoined upon the Department to rationalise the District Residency Program (DRP) so that each district has requisite number of doctors available under it. Moreover he advocated for the beginning of such residency programs in Sub-district Hospitals in remote blocks of J&K.
The Secretary, H&ME, Dr Syed Abid Rashid Shah took this occasion to highlight certain initiatives of the Department to ensure availability of Consultants and Medical Officers in majority of the health facilities.
He also threw light on different steps the Department is contemplating to address the issue of unavailability of doctors in far-flung areas of J&K. He said that currently the UT has overall availability of 71% doctors across different health facilities with a good number of Consultants, Medical Officers and Dental Surgeons in position as per the sanctioned strength.
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